Sipak Kumar @ Sipak v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court anticipatory bail, 13-05-2025, Criminal Miscellaneous No.3254 of 2025, arising out of PS/Complaint Case No.2477 of 2022, District Araria. Husband-petitioner (Sipak Kumar @ Sipak, Kishanganj) facing charges under IPC Sections 323, 341, 379, 498-A, 504, 506, 34 and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged dowry-demand cruelty and ouster of wife-complainant Dulari Devi. Bail granted on arrest/surrender within eight weeks; bail bonds Rs. 10,000 (Ten Thousand) with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023; cancellation clauses for concealed antecedents or false prior-bail-petition statement; first bail application; claim of no criminal antecedents; APP opposed. Bench: Jitendra Kumar, J. No precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: enlargement on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the court below, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 and additional cancellation conditions.